http://www.iflscience.com/brain/this-pho...stand-why/
EXCERPT: Clustered holes, bumps, and similar patterns disgust some people. [...] These clusters of holes are common in nature. They range from the creepy, like the back of a female surinam toad, to more mundane sights like honeycomb or clusters of soap bubbles. [...] Some 15%-17% of people may experience this disgust, called trypophobia. Trypophobia is not considered a true phobia, though it's poorly understood. Many researchers agree trypophobia has instinctive roots in the human brain, but disagree about its possible ties to fears from our evolutionary past. [...] when one of the self-reported trypophobics they interviewed mentioned a fear of the pattern on a blue-ringed octopus [...researchers had a...] a potential evolutionary reason for this fear of weirdly clustered holes — an association with a potentially poisonous or dangerous animal...
MORE: http://www.iflscience.com/brain/this-pho...stand-why/
EXCERPT: Clustered holes, bumps, and similar patterns disgust some people. [...] These clusters of holes are common in nature. They range from the creepy, like the back of a female surinam toad, to more mundane sights like honeycomb or clusters of soap bubbles. [...] Some 15%-17% of people may experience this disgust, called trypophobia. Trypophobia is not considered a true phobia, though it's poorly understood. Many researchers agree trypophobia has instinctive roots in the human brain, but disagree about its possible ties to fears from our evolutionary past. [...] when one of the self-reported trypophobics they interviewed mentioned a fear of the pattern on a blue-ringed octopus [...researchers had a...] a potential evolutionary reason for this fear of weirdly clustered holes — an association with a potentially poisonous or dangerous animal...
MORE: http://www.iflscience.com/brain/this-pho...stand-why/